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Did you already drop your New Year’s Resolution? It might be too early to drop it, so what is going on? We want to see …
Did you already drop your New Year’s Resolution? It might be too early to drop it, so what is going on? We want to see …
Our culture has too often talked in terms of conquering nature. This is about as sensible as for a caddis worm to talk of conquering …
When we feel self-inadequacy, we might try to do more as an attempt to feel better about ourselves. This, however, might result in a vicious …
The literature of self-esteem tells us that we need to gain self-esteem to be succesful. But this might be all wrong and a widespread misconception, …
Positive thinking can feel like a job to do, while negative thinking seems to happen more automatically. In fact, this is true at a very …
A large-scale study by Hudson and Fraley (2016), published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science, finds that almost all people between the ages of 18 to …
Human beings are social beings. The tendency to behave, talk and walk like others is what we call conformity, which has been documented in various studies.
The human brain is sophisticated. In fact, it separates us from all other animals. It allows us to have abstract ideas and to solve complex …
Four independent sets of studies show that there is a link between analytical thinking and religious disbelief. The results of the studies are described briefly in this post.
Why would people maintain negative self-evaluations when they result in a great degree of distress? What purpose do negative self-evaluations have? Do they help us …